- Target Audience
- Everyone
- Time to read
- 5 min
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of the definition of a TRE
- Basic understanding of the definition of a federation
Overview
Five Safes TES (5S-TES) enables secure cross-TRE federated analytics, where data remains in place and only analysis code is sent to the data. Building upon the Five Safes framework and the Task Execution Service (TES) standards, it is specifically designed to meet technical and governance constraints of TREs by separating the stages of a federated project.
The Five Safes framework
A set of principles that guide a data services provision of safe research access to data, These interlocking principles include:
- Safe Data
- Safe Project
- Safe People
- Safe Settings
- Safe Outputs
To learn more, visit the resources at UK Data Services .
Global Alliance for Genomics & Health - Task Execution Service (GA4GH TES)
Developed by the Global Alliance for Genomics & Health (GA4GH), the Task Execution Service provides a standard mechanism for orchestrating complex analyses across different compute environments.
To learn more, visit the GA4GH TES product page .
Bringing it together
Five Safes TES (5S-TES) is a collaboration between Swansea University and the University of Nottingham, focused on delivering new capability to existing research data infrastructure.
By combining international standards, 5S-TES:
- enhances GA4GH TES to receive and process federated analysis requests from multiple TREs.
- supports Safe Data through configuration of specific and timebound data access for users.
- performs analyses only for a project that has been approved by the TRE, deeming them a Safe Project.
- only permits research users that have been accredited and established, indicating them as Safe People.
- maintains Safe Setting with execution of analysis occurring within a TRE.
- provides manual disclosure control functionality within TREs, adhering to Safe Outputs.
This solution is foundational to the various programmes, including HDR UK Federated Analytics , DARE UK TREvolution programme , and EOSC-ENTRUST .